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  • Step Back, Security Coming Through – from Willie

    One of the ways we earned money for our fraternity was to work as security guards for concerts at the UNO Lakefront Arena. I was able to see several great bands over the years! I created a playlist for this workout of songs from bands that I worked security for back in the 90s. Not all of the shows were for popular bands, so there are a few doozies in the playlist too. If one of the PAX wanted to skip a song, the entire PAX did 10 burpees. Only one skip was allowed at a time, you cannot skip two songs in a row. Oduls hit shuffle, and we were off, “Everything Zen” by Bush blaring, on our way for a warm up at the base of the big mountain. The following were done in cadence:
    SSHx20, Imperial Walkers x20, Arm Circles F/B x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Hillbillies x20

    Between Arm Circles and Grass Grabbers, “Children Will Listen” by Barbara Streisand played and was promptly skipped by Jingle Vader. 10 Burpees for the PAX.

    Next we broke into two lines and did an Indian Run to the 4th floor. YHC was running with the speaker in the center of the lines to make sure everyone was enjoying the music.

    Once we were on the 4th floor, we circled up for a Monkey Humper ring of fire. This was hilarious to watch! The PAX were holding Al Gore, one Pax did 20 MHs, the next started at 10, and so on… Next was a more traditional Merkin ring of fire with a 15 and 10 split while we are all holding plank.

    Before starting the Merkin Ring of Fire, ole Babs struck again with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.” Couch skipped, PAX did 10 Burpees

    We proceeded to the top of the Mountain mosying on the flats and running backwards on the incline. At the top I called for a 20 count from Manchovy. We had a mid-workout stretch (We don’t stretch enough) immediately following.

    The next thang were BLIMPS down the Mountain. 5 Burpees to start on the top floor, then 10 Lunges on the next floor down, followed 15 IWs, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks, and 30 Squats on the 1st floor. We hit a run of good music, so there were no more skips to this point.

    Next we ran to Rosy Palm Court for a little Mary all exercises in cadence. I led off with Penguins x15, Angie’s List was next with 30 LBCs, King Kong with 20 Hello Darlenes, Gabby with 15 Crunchy Frogs.

    Right when we were about to head back to the flag, Douille called skip on “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms… The PAX did 10 Burpees. No one plays the villian role better than Douille!

    We ended with a COT then adjourned for coffee at PJs. Its always an honor to lead this group of great men!

  • Mardi Gras Mambo – from Willie

    7 pax gathered on Mardi Gras day at 5:00AM to start the festive day with a beatdown. The warmup consisted of the following all in cadence:

    SSHx20, Imperial Walkers x20, Hillbillies x20, Arm Circles x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Burpees x5

    The Pax moseyed to the parking lot close by, partnered up and did the following 100, 200, 300 exercises while the partner pax ran to the end of the parking lot and back.

    Merkins, Freddie Merks, Squats

    The rest of the workout consisted of the F3 card deck, 40 cards and a lap after 10 cards. Exercises were as follows:

    Hearts – Burpees
    Diamonds – Diamond Merks
    Clubs – LBCs
    Spades – SSH

    We ended the workout with round Mary and a COT. Always great to lead this group!

  • We Discovered Wakin’ Bakin’ (Post Sweaty Bells Breakfast) – from King Kong

    Because of RCR, I decided to add miles to our typical sweaty bells workout. We woke up to a beautiful, calm, sunny morning in the mid 50’s. We couldn’t ask for a better day….

    Warm-ups
    1 – SSHs x 20 IC
    2 – Windmills x 10 IC
    3 – Arm Circles x 10 IC
    4- Hill Billies x 10 IC
    5 – Imperial Walkers x 10 IC
    6 – Halos x 10 OYO
    7 – Self Love x 10 IC
    Ran a warm up lap to the stop sign and back.

    Dirty McDeuce
    1 – Curls x 12 in slow cadence (ISC)
    2 – Goblet Squats x 12 ISC
    3 – Flutterkicks with the bells x 12 IC
    Ran a lap towards Audubon Tea Room and back

    1 – Overhead presses x 12 ISC
    2 – Alternate Lunges x 12 IC
    3 – Hello Dolly with the bells x 12 IC
    Ran a lap towards the Fly and back

    1 – Tricep Extensions x 12 ISC
    2 – Kettle Bell Swings x 12 OYO
    3 – American Hammers x 12 IC
    Ran a lap towards Audubon Tea Room and back

    1 – Rows x 12 ISC
    2 – Goblet Squat to a Curl x 12 OYO
    3 – LBCs with the bells x 12 ISC
    Ran a lap towards the Fly and back

    1 – Clean and Jerk x 12 OYO
    2 – Plank and pull the bells x 12 IC
    3 – Obliques Crunches x 12 ISC
    Ran a lap towards Audubon Tea Room and back

    Finished the beatdown with some stretches. We had a FNG, eh’ed by Moana. His name is Asri Sergici, a Trinity Dad. We named him Wild Turkey because he loves scotch (doesn’t really care for bourbon), and he’s from Turkey.

    Gabby and Almonaster met up for breakfast at Wakin’ Bakin’. This may be our new Coffeeteria spot on Sundays.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • Monkey Humper Drive By – from Willie

    After the required disclaimer, and in the spirit of Run Cajun Run, the PAX went off campus this morning with a mosey on the neutral ground down St. Charles Ave. We stopped for warm up exercises at the State St. and Jefferson Ave. Exercises were in cadence:

    Grass Grabbers x10, Hillbillies x20, LS Squats x10, Imperial Walkers x20

    King Kong and Gabby asked if we were going to do Monkey Humpers in front of Whopper’s house. That was not my intent when we set out, but it was such a great idea, I had to pivot. We immediately went to Whopper’s house and did 10 MH in cadence.

    We did not stop there…. Next on the monkey humper hit list was Blowout, followed by Couch. The PAX performed 10 monkey humpers all in cadence at both locations. Subprime was particularly loud in his cadence count. After hitting Couch with humpers, we mosyed back to the flag. We logged right at 4.0 miles for RCR.

    El Wire was lucky, he was next on our hit list, but we ran out of time. Let this be a warning to all Uptown PAX, especially El Wire, Reluctant Yankee, Tubesteak, Mariah, Angies List, Seaman, Tinkles, Moana, any of you could be our next victim, if you are not working out at Misty Mountain.

    We closed with a COT and breakfast ensued at Panola Cafe. It’s always an honor to lead this great group of men!

  • Total Wellness Begins Tomorrow – from Willie

    After a week long sales meeting in San Diego, what better way to get back into total wellness than to Q Misty Mountain.

    Warm up took place in front of Loyola, all exercises in cadence: SSHx 20, Imperial Walkers x 20, Hillbillies x20, Arm Circles F/B x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Burpees x10

    We mosyed to the 2nd floor of the Big Mountain, and partnered up for some DORA 123. Exercises were 100 Merkins, 200 Freddie Merks (2-1), 300 Squats. The partner ran up to level 3and back around and down the stairs to his partner. Once complete, we went up the stair well to the top of the mountain.

    We worked our way back down the mountain doing BLIMPS on each level. B on level 7, L on level 6 and so on…

    We finished up with a set of Mary in front of Tulane University, COT, and coffeteria at Panola Cafe.

  • Napoleon fueled by Ethanol – from Fracsac

    13 Pax showed up, with 7 headed to stretch and 6 taking advantage of the track. Regardless of sprinting, walking or stretching, showing up is what is important!

    Ethanol and Napoleon from Birmingham joined YHC and Mayhem for sprint ladders, RevSox and Tenderloin walked, and the rest of the Pax stretched with Scantron.

    COT

    SYITG

  • Workout Tribute to Cardinal’s VQ – from Willie

    Like many AOs around the country, we paid tribute to the passing of Cardinal by performing his VQ workout in the big mountain at WPM. All of the running referenced in the workout was done up the mountain. In addition to Cardinal’s workout, I did bring a bluetooth speaker and a new playlist for 2023. If any of the PAX wanted to skip a song, the entire PAX incurred a 10 burpee penalty. Cardinal’s workout is already stacked with burpees, so the PAX endured some pretty rough music. We were almost skip free, but @douille pulled a skip at the very end…. Not a surprising move from @douille. Cardinal’s VQ workout is as follows:

    Warm-o-Roma

    15- Side Straddles Hops
    10- Tempo Merkins*
    10- Flutter Kicks Double Count
    10- Little Baby Arm Circles Forward
    10- “ “ Backward
    10- Hallujahs
    10- Knoxville Cherry Pickers*
    20 Sec. Samson Hold*
    PHELPS it out
    10- Willie Mayes Hayes

    Workout
    “Card’s Run and Repeat”

    5- Burpees – We suggest a moment of silence for our brother Cardinal after completing this first set. -Rampart Burpee Counter 10
    Big Boys
    Heels to Heaven
    Run to the sign and repeat (each run to the sign is 160 meters)

    10- Burpees Burpee Counter 30
    Little Baby Crunches
    Mt. Climbers Double Count
    Run to the sign and repeat

    15- Burpees Burpee Counter 60
    Air Squats
    Freddy Mercury’s
    Run to the sign and repeat
    When you return hold squat until all Pax have finished

    As a group if there is time

    20- Burpees Burpee Counter 100

    At the COT we offered up intentions to Cardinal and his family. It’s always an honor to lead such a great group of men!

  • An Evening in the Park – from Willie

    One of my New Year resolutions is to start writing back blast again, so here it goes…After a mosey from the flag to the bandstand the PAX did the following warm up all in cadence:

    SSHx20, Arm Circles F/R x 10, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilliesx20, Grass Grabbersx10

    The next thang was a BLIMP in Oak Alley either Bear Crawling or Lung Walking between light post… iykyk

    The next thang was a mosey under the shelter then a DORA 100/150/200 with the following exercises, respectively.
    Penguins (2:1), Incline Merks, Squats (butt must hit the bench)

    Finally we wrapped with a round of Mary and stretches. All exercises in cadence x20

    LBCs, Angry Roach (Classic Couch), Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercs,

    We closed with a COT and all enjoyed “Cawfee” on the front porch of the Audubon Golf Club House. Its always an honor to lead such outstanding men!

  • First WPM of 2023 – from King Kong

    I wanted to start the first WPM of 2023 the right way… so I brought couple friends, two coupons, to the workout. I heard some mumblechattering when I rolled up with those presents. Needless to say, they were with us for the rest of the beatdown.

    We ran through Tulane campus towards PJ’s Cafe. We circled up and did some warm-ups: SSHs, Windmills, Armcircles, Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies.

    After warmup exercises, we moseyed to Tulane Howard-Tilton Library, which is named after El Wire’s grandfather. Partnered up and did the following exercises (declined shoulder taps, squats, and American hammers) while one person was running a lap around the parking lot. Flap jack.

    After the partner workout, we ran to the other side of the UC building. We were facing the steps. We bear crawled to the first step and did one merkin, then onto the second step and did another merkin, to the third step…. etc I think there were 9 steps in total. Once we got to the top we worked our way back down. We bear crawled down the steps and did one merkin at each step. After, we headed towards the bench and did high step ups x 10 each leg.

    We then ran to the base of the Baby Garage. We formed 2 lines and Native American ran up to the top with the coupons. At the top, we circled up for a ring of fire. While one pax was doing 10 hand released merkins, the other Pax were in plank position. We did 2 rounds.

    Finally, we arrived to the base of the WPM. We formed 2 lines and Native American ran all the way to the top with coupons. At the top, we finished the workout with some Mary’s. (Leg Raises, LBCs, and flutterkicks.

    Moseyed back to the flag.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • Sweaty Bells 12-18-2022 – from Almonaster

    Starting to feel like Christmas!

    PAX Attended:

    – Douillie
    – Dinghy
    – Blowout
    – Jingle Vader
    – Subprime
    – Willie
    – FCOJ
    – Almonaster

    Warm-up.
    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Right foot, left foot- 10 seconds each
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang!

    We focused on Essentric exercises and listened to terrible Christmas Rock music!

    Run a lap.

    Around the head – 10 each way, OYO
    Kettlebell Shrugs – 25 IC
    Kettlebell swings – 20 OYO

    Goblet squats X 10 IC
    Right arm squat thrust X 10 IC
    Left arm squat thrust X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    Run a lap.

    2nd Set

    Overhead press X 10 IC
    Right arm rows X 10 IC
    Left arm rows X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    Curls to stop sign and Tricep Ext Back.

    3rd Set.

    Kettle Bell pull Throughs X 20 OYO
    Right arm plank rows X 10 IC
    Left arm plank row X 10 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    4th Set
    LBC’S X 20 IC
    Hello Mrs. Claire X 20 IC
    Ukranian Douillies X 20 IC

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer
    Coffeeteria

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!